USS Pawnee (SP-699)

USS Pawnee (SP-699), later USS SP-699, formerly named Monoloa II, a wooden-hulled yacht, was built in 1904 by George Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts; purchased by the Navy on 26 June 1917 from Gordon Dexter of Beverly, Massachusetts; and commissioned on 1 July 1917.

History
Name: USS Pawnee
Builder: George Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts
Launched: 1904
Acquired: 26 June 1917
Commissioned: 1 July 1917
Fate: Sold, 12 July 1921
General characteristics
Type: Patrol boat / minesweeper
Displacement: 75 long tons (76 t)
Length: 114 ft (35 m)
Beam: 14 ft (4.3 m)
Draft: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Speed: 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement: 21
Armament:

Pawnee subsequently had her name dropped in 1918 and was listed as SP–699. She was outfitted with sweep gear and served as a section minesweeper until she decommissioned and was sold on 12 July 1921 to George E. Johnson and O. T. Ledberg of Edgewood, Rhode Island.

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